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by Geee 13 days ago
No, I don't want Apple to read all my emails, text messages and photos. I'm probably not going to buy Apple devices any more if it really works like this, by default sending all your data into their cloud.

If I want to use AI, I want to be able to select the exact messages / photos which I want to send to it. Otherwise I expect the device to keep the data protected. I don't need any of these features either; I can remember if someone sent me a cookie recipe.

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You might want to so some research. It’s the only company with a level of privacy on this. Most of it is on-device. Private cloud compute does not store anything. I dunno man, you could criticize 360 aspects of this presentation but you pick privacy, really?
It can make on-device tool calls using your data (web search, database search, email, app APIs) which are not private. PCC doesn't protect against being dumb with your data.

E.g. "the user asks if their Bitcoin private key is unique, let's make a web search".

Oh damn I didn't realise it sent all this to the cloud. That seems kinda concerning.
For now at least, you can turn Apple intelligence off entirely in settings.
Apple is not reading anything.
Source: trust me bro
Nah, they actually have everything open for auditing and you can do that yourself. They heavily advertise that and had been for a while since they announced that split model 2 years ago
The best evidence is that they have never provided data to law enforcement. Ever. Because they can’t.
Private Cloud Compute is audited by independent third parties to verify it.